Go-karts as we know them were born in 1956 in California as a small machine powered by a West Bend 2-cycle 750 engine taken from a lawn mower.

During the day, Jason works for Cliff Loss, owner of JC Specialties, a business that specializes in karts and kart parts. Loss' son, Cliff Jr., is Jason's brother-in-law.

Computers then merge the kart's real-world position on the laser-scanned track with the virtual course. Before you run out hoping to ride at the closest go-kart track, there are a few catches.

Go-kart racing is closest most of us could get to real open wheel racing, and for 50-year-old Glen Luening, speeding through the curves of Midwest tracks, low and fast, been a hobby and a passion ...

What if you had the chance to truly test your electric go-kart racing skills at the championship level? The World Karting Association (WKA), which has been in the micro motorsport segment for over ...

The kit comes with everything you'd need to build it in the comfort of your home garage and no welding is required. There's a frame, wheels, brakes, a seat, and the aforementioned 98cc engine.